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Tracking the Kabirizi Gorillas

4 Jun 2009 Filed under (Kabirizi Family, Mountain Gorillas) by Pierre @ 8:11 pm

Yesterday I went along with the tracking team following the Kabirizi Group. Since the Rangers were wearing geo-tagging gear for our Protect the Park program, we were able to map out our path through the forest:

We entered the forest from the west and soon found fresh signs, such as the left-overs of a gorilla snack of bamboo shoots:

We then found the site where the group had spent the night, with nests like this one:

And after some weaving around following their tracks, we found the gorillas themselves, all at rest and relaxed enough to let me take some portraits:

Ruzuzi (Ndakasi’s older brother)

Kabwana (named after Ranger Louis Kabwana)

Kanyalire (Jeshi’s younger brother)

Kitagenda (Karibu’s son)

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4 Responses to “Tracking the Kabirizi Gorillas”

  1. irisk iris Says: 4 Jun 2009

    Beautiful photographs, Pierre!

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  3. Linda & G4G Linda & G4G Says: 5 Jun 2009

    Great to see them again Pierre. Brill pics.

  4. Theresa Theresa Says: 6 Jun 2009

    Thank you Pierre! It’s good to see them again.

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